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Title:John II
Artist:Chuck Close (American, Monroe, Washington, 1940–2021 Oceanside, New York)
Date:1993
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:72 1/8 in. × 60 in. × 2 in. (183.2 × 152.4 × 5.1 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Object Number:2025.338
the artist (from 1993; to Pace Wildenstein); [Pace Wildenstein Gallery, New York, until 1996; sold in December 1996 to Ehrenkranz]; Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz, New York (1996–2025; their gift to MMA)
New York. Pace Gallery. "Chuck Close: Recent Works," October 22–November 27, 1993, not in catalogue.
Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden. "Chuck Close Retrospektive," April 10–June 22, 1994.
Munich. Lenbachhaus. "Chuck Close Retrospektive," July 13–September 11, 1994.
Paris. Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain. "Chuck Close: 8 peintures récentes," September 24–October 23, 1994, unnumbered cat. (lent by a private collection, New York).
Pittsburgh. Carnegie Museum of Art. "Carnegie International 1995," November 5, 1995–February 18, 1996, unnumbered cat. (p. 242; lent by a private collection, courtesy of PaceWildenstein, New York).
New York. Archives of American Art Gallery. "Chuck Close: A Personal Portrait, Works and Papers," October 8, 1996–January 6, 1997, no catalogue (removed from the exhibition on October 15, 1996).
Deichtorhallen Hamburg. "Birth of the Cool," February 13–May 11, 1997, no. 30 (private collection, courtesy of Pace Wildenstein, New York).
Kunsthaus Zürich. "Birth of the Cool," June 18–September 7, 1997, no. 30.
Deidre Stein. "Chuck Close: Pace." Art News 93 (February 1994), p. 136.
John Guare. Chuck Close: Life and Work, 1988–1995. New York, 1995, colorpl. 26.
Robert Storr. Chuck Close. Exh. cat., Museum of Modern Art, New York. New York, 1998, ill. p. 211 (detail, with the artist).
Chuck Close and Bice Curiger. "Putting English on the Stroke: Chuck Close in Conversation with Bice Curiger/Mehr als nur Pinselstriche: Gespräch zwischen Chuck Close und Bice Curiger." Parkett no. 60 (2000), pp. 57, 67.
Arne Glimcher. Adventures in Art: 40 Years at Pace. Ed. Mildred Glimcher. Milan, 2001, ill. p. 472 (color, installation photo, Exh. New York 1993).
Robert Storr et. al. Chuck Close: Paintings 1968/2006. Exh. cat., Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. Madrid, 2007, ill. p. 130 (detail, with the artist).
Carina Evangelista, ed. Chuck Close Catalogue Raisonné: Paintings, 1967 to the Present. Online resource [artifexpress.com/catalogues/chuck-close], 2012 (ongoing), no. PA 1993.04, ill. (color).
Christopher Finch. Chuck Close: Work. Rev. and exp. [1st ed., 2007]. Munich, 2014, pp. 215, 365, ill. (color) pp. 214 (in progress), 215.
Fei Dawei. "Un ciel gigantesque." Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain: 30 Ans. Vol. 2, Paris, 2014, ill. p. 114 (color, installation photo, Exh. Paris 1994).
Chuck Close (American, Monroe, Washington, 1940–2021 Oceanside, New York)
1977
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